What hot licks have you been working on?

[Andrew<3'sVinnie]

Don't you love that feeling when you learn a new lick that you previously had no understanding or grasp of?

Today I learned Cliff Almond's end fill in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxZXxlOFx8#t=04m55s .

If you go to Joe Crabtree's website and make a donation, you get access to the "Drum Vault" which includes a bunch of great transcriptions, including this fill, Gary Novak's solo in Tone Poem, Vinnie stuff including I'm tweaked and the Los Lobotomys All Blues solo, On Fire (Weckl), etc. He also just did an 1 hr+ lesson on a Gary Novak solo, with transcriptions, midis, etc included. Haven't purchased it but some may be interested http://www.joecrabtree.com/lessons

So yeah I cheated- but still- god bless the transcription gods .

[Lucas Ives]

I've been pulling apart some of the 5's and 7's Novak plays in that early '00s guitar center clinic audio that was posted here a while back.

Also still having a lot of fun with flammed rolls in and out of paradiddle-diddles, pushing them through all the different subdivision gears.

[Andrew<3'sVinnie]

Lucas- that's cool. What do you mean by pushing them through different subdivision gears? Like phrasing them as sextuplets vs 32nds, etc?

[Lucas Ives]

Yeah, exactly .. manipulating them to get that time shifting effect.

[circh bustom]

Ive been working on the Joe Crabtree lessons on youtube like the "Don't ask Me" opening fill, and the fill from Warren Cuccurillo(?) tune he has up. Ive also been working on my "gospel chops" stuff. I know alot of that is taboo on this forum sometimes, but it is so darn fun to play. The guy i found on youtube that breaks it down is Jerohn Garnett. He's not the greatest at breaking down this stuff for beginners, but if you have any graspof technique its pretty cool. Gives the foundation of the chops in three lessons and then proceeds to demonstrate variations of them. His youtube stuff is under soultonecymbals01. Most of the guys that have videos under that heading are really great with the single pedal 32nds. Great sounding kits too.

[Andrew<3'sVinnie]

Awesome circh.

Yeah - I was hesitant to start this thread because it's not the most mature, professional thing to talk about amongst an esteemed group of pro-drummers. It has that immature, tunnel vision vibe of young drummers who don't care about groove, dynamics, feel, etc.

But I figured even the best like to chop out and learn new stuff. I think this thread could be a cool collection of hip stuff for everyone to reference if they are indeed looking to have fun and/or learn a new lick. So keep it coming!

[circh bustom]

Nah. I think it's mature of drummers to share what they are working on. I see what you mean though. It's never frowned upon when guitarists learn solos note for note, or licks note for note, yet drummers sometimes get a bad rap for it. It also speaks for itself the amount of views that some of these lessons get. Such as Joe's lessons, or Jerohn's lessons. Vinnie I believe said it himself in his last MD cover story when a drummer said that he stole all of Vinnie's licks. Vinnie replied, they are not mine, you can have'em.

[Josiah]

ive been playing around with versions of the blushda that use a grouping of 5. 5 to me is like the extended triplet, has that rounded feel egg rolling feel just a lil longer. or visa versa the grouping of 5 outlined in 32nds or 16th note triplets, etc creates some very unique rhythmic sounds.

also starting odd (artificial) groupings in weird places. example playing a grouping of 5:4, starting on the E of 3.